We’ve finally harvested the potatoes that we planted back in April – back before we even moved into the Eco-House. Having lovingly tended them for a very short period we then left them to be watered while we traipsed around the country for a couple of months. Now we’re settled we figured it was time [...]
Posts Tagged ‘potato’
19 Apr
Finally getting our hands dirty – growing our own potatoes
OK, so we don’t have a house yet, so no garden yet, but the gorgeous weather has got our green fingers itching. So we’re taking the “portable garden” route, and using containers so that we can start playing (& learning!). We’re not taking this incredibly seriously so we’ve just started at our local garden centre [...]
5 Apr
How to “earth-up” potatoes
For the first time I’ve actually seen some decent, non-vague, instructions on how to earth-up your potatoes, to get the highest possible yield. These are from a response to a letter in the latest Gardener’s World magazine: Cover your newly-planted potatoes with about 8cm of compost Then, when shoots are about 15 cm long add [...]
18 Jan
Avoiding Potato Blight
Potatoes should be one of the staple foods we’re going to grow, they store well, are relatively low maintenance, and everybody likes eating them! However they do have one major issue: potato blight. Potato blight can reduce the yield of your plants, and one infected potato can turn an entire sack to useless mush. What [...]
